Michael LEUNIG
"I can accept the fact that you've grown antlers, Frank, I honestly can, but what I can't live with any longer is the clanking sound on the head of the bed. I can't take it any more."
(1986)

Medium
pen and ink, ink wash, pencil and gouache

Measurements
11.9 × 16.0 cm (comp.) 18.2 × 25.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Helga Leunig, Fellow, 1996
© Michael Leunig

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: Leunig

Accession Number
1996.436

Department
Australian Prints & Drawings

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Physical description
Drawing for cartoon

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Michael LEUNIG "I can accept the fact that you've grown antlers, Frank, I honestly can, but what I can't live with any longer is the clanking sound on the head of the bed. I can't take it any more." (1986)

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Michael LEUNIG
"I can accept the fact that you've grown antlers, Frank, I honestly can, but what I can't live with any longer is the clanking sound on the head of the bed. I can't take it any more."
(1986)